Morning ya’ll,
Well the past week on the farm has been pretty busy. Last weekend we hosted Sounds on Sound music festival, The Anything But Chardonnay & Merlot Festival, as well as hosting the Farm Bureau Dinner. The dinner was attended by the Junior Senator from New York, former Presidential candidate and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. In addition to Hillary several other politicians and many of the East End’s Farmers came out to support farming. We really are not a bad looking bunch when we are all cleaned up.
Wine is truly a product of farming. Many wine consumers forget that wine is a product of agriculture. The greatest thing about Long Island wines is that anybody can come on out and visit the farms in which the grapes are grown to make the wine that they enjoy at home. Sure one can visit California, France, Italy, etc. However, in this tough economy folks can come out for the day and enjoy the beauty of the World Class vineyards producing World Class wines right here in their backyards.
In fact the Long Island wine region will be celebrating and holding a symposium at Stony Brook Southampton celebrating Cool Climate Grape Growing. This two-day event will have speakers from cool climate grape growing regions all around the world. It will be an exciting opportunity to spend time and here lectures from prominent grape growers and winemakers. The wine in dustry is a global one, but a small one. I look forward to sharing much of the information that will be learned at this exciting symposium.
Wine is so intriguing to me because although it has existed for thousands of years we have not perfected it. There is always something new to learn and nature is always keeping you on your toes.
Lastly, if you can get a chance it is a good time to take a stroll through the vineyard. In fact I would like to make myself available next Saturday in the morning to staff to take a stroll through the vineyard with me. We can discuss the vineyard and I can answer any questions that anyone may have. Please let me know if anyone is interested in doing so.
Cheers,
M2
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